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Itch, seabather's
An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish are common between March and August in the waters off of Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. There may be no…
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Show more- Normotensive Having normal blood pressure. See also: Hypertensive; Hypotensive
- Registry Although a registry was originally the place (like Registry House in Edinburgh) where information was…
- Hydrogen cyanide See: Cyanide
- Hard measles An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash…
- Lithotripsy, percutaneous nephro- (PNL) A technique for removing large and/or dense stones and staghorn stones. PNL is done via a port created by…
- Rhinitis Irritation of the nose. Derived from the Greek word rhinos meaning of the nose
- Inflammation A basic way in which the body reacts to infection, irritation or other injury, the key feature being redness…
- Digestive system The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of it. These…
- Cancer, basal cell Cancer, basal cell: The most common type of skin cancer, a disease in which the cancer cells resemble the…
- Esophagectomy An operation to remove a portion of the esophagus
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- Sarcoma, synovial See Synovial sarcoma